Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-05-28

tue MexiChn lueu. tleFs oSkoH Aric development of the flcacHo miue. -;,
 Three or four months ot lsbori e1ci', -ueBt and yieasuE,ble rsGlizatiOh O4 hopes found Don Jose Bustemen'e' tl-e eu;ei of the expedition, making pfepaIt- tions to return tO the city ot hefnlVs4Io with his burTos-now grown int upon tne lu1uriant grasses ut CaOaOl 'h Iey-lsden tO their utmost capacity Nlth rich ores ofthe PicschO mIne, the aver age value of when K said to have been about four hundred dollars to the cargo of three hundred pounds. Il
 During all this tiue Juan. the 1Hqul guide and pFospectOT, had net been ldIe' but hgd seized tue opportunity 70 eA- plore the little valley uf Cababi rom end to end; and his efforts were crown ed with marvellous success: for m thlS h. tsryai he he'd discovered the mines now known as the MonteZGma Group, Hs well as several others of loss imPor tauce.
 The Montezuma Group consists oi the Inyomar, the Mistake, the Matador, the Passover, the Yalui. the Eades. the fslo- Vr.de, and the Cactus. These names were gwen to the mines by the latter !oUatOrs-tbe present owuers-ln oe- fault 0s scknOwleige of the names be- slowed upon them by their discoyerer Juan. Partial development upon these having disclosed their prospective value, Don Jose decided to leave une-hflt or his force Et Jhe mines. tO continue (wIth ;ie help ot the Papagcs the work oi development. lt WIS his intention 10 return, with Rs much haste as was com patible with the Mexican character, and to bring a much larger force, and the lew ruae appliances used by the Mezicans fs- the reduction Of silver ores.
 This programme was eventually car rieI out. and less than year after the ar-iva! of the expedition m CGbcbl val I-y its slopes and adjacent hillsiGes were al alive with busy people, and many
 partially hidden ledge, and many Q sblud" lead vas made Go disgCTge it's
 treasures. The Picacbo mine became
 shs headquarters for Hll operations n The va!.,y. < large LLcicuda was uul.t, tar-
 a.c,s and vases were erected, pstios
 weGe .sIi, gFa-tIas constructed, aId the reduction ot ores carried on upon the most scientific pEuc.Fits then known tO .EC L0u- progressive CIiIzeLS Of the -5utE rn ragCbiic. The FsPagos were not only friendly, but cheeriul!y Tend- cred their clumsy assistance, perfectly satisfied to receive Es compensation the allowance of flour, sugar. and tobacco doled out Co them by their none too llb- erGl employers.
 This state o9 affairs continued for many months. Some Evelve or fifteen woude rfully rich mines were worked, l ;he list mDrising the PicaChO. the Coz a--pa the santa Tomas. the Eirau.lrO, i the CorbG;ss, and The present Inr-r-C- ua Group; while others were discovered nup pa-.alIs worked, ihs ores vars ! e lrefully assorted -EL the richest DOT ' ;icus t-sus sgo-iai Co The cities of Her mC5iii1 aad GIlSmss for reduction or ! FE!1m. ut tJ E0ror-, wL.!e th- lower grades we're treated Iu tAe valley. and | the placchss of sIlver taken Co Her mosillO on tue backs Ci the mules and | burr0s that brought the supplies of ! provisions Co the camp.
 News ot the unwOn.ed activity in ! UrblLi valley soon became known to the ! denizeus Of Tucson, sevcnty-fve miles to | .he eastward. and some few among the ! more veuturesoue oi the white p0puis- | ton of that bucIsn. burg, eonquering l their fears uf the Apache, made their ! appearance in The vsllr@. Two of the number were pegsCnal friends of Don
 Jose, and on theIr arrival were the re- [ cipients of that hospitality for which ! the people of Mexico are 90 justly fam
 Ous, These two men sti.l remain resii- ! ents of the territory Hill De Armlt lives | at the little village Dt flOrelce on tbe ! Gila River; while John POiudexter made
 his home on the beautiful Arrivaca creek
 some fifty miles from ,he CaDsbi valley. | De A-mit, either ty gift or purchase, l became possessed of 8 portion of the Pic-
 acco mine, and be hs- continued % hold
 this interest until the present day.
 Nearly two years yer, scen. ty him
 lu the camp Of his friend Don Jose
 During this time Feverl ot the mines
 were worked down Co permanent water, ! This point was the extent tO which MexI- can industry coI!d go; tL= inventive Capacity of the nation has neyer vet been equal to the task Ot keeping mine free , flUm wate. after tce flow becomes too
 great Go be kept down by being packed
 out cf the nInr Tn rEv-h,ie buckets on the backs Cf the native iaborers. There
 fore. the richest mines in CababI, ike their sisters ID Mexico. had to be aSaE- dOned by them; and for want of the sim rle pumping machinery used by she | Chinese n the days of Continents, they
 were compelled to sit quietly down. on !
 see the water siieu'ly cover from their . sight forever the streaks of chloriies.
 the kidneys of snlphure;s, and the plan chls Of -siIve silver. Such is the pen
 alty pad 5y ignorance: for this reason alone dld operations come to a full stop
 iu several ot the zines a5 5iScent tO the PIc6cho. Whether fate ordained thgt the Mexican pioneer Of Caba5i district should be doomed Ca Cc, in tLe capacity cf igcksl-To uncover the prey for the ! more eulightycCl AnclO-~aXon lien % devour-Cr whether tbe prize should be . considered tLe ulturai reward Ot thein- vrn;Iye Cenius and tEe vsutUrsome spiri. | C!tue CaUcH~iEu. will n' doubt ever rg- ! main Eu unanswered problem, Suffice it to say, that :Ea ch.orites, the suiyh- urJts, Eud tte usrIvs silver yet remain 1 untouched Uy steel o- gcwdcr, and uu- | Vu.iltel by and beyond the reach of hCXIcsa Cuylul.y y. patiently GWHItilg the magic touch oi the hand uf science Co free them irSm thsir earthly dungeon.
 stamp uyon their faces tie imaca If liberty 0r tyrGuuy. sul isUuch them forth portion oi iatj broad river upon l NNh~r l4s hall.i H.'L4 T. Al- tsE com
 mslce yt "a wcriJ'
 Ard ulw my ua-sguv- lss reached
 point where ,he narrator Eo1id glad Y lag down his pea and leave the thle
 unfinished. bus s1cb base Gescrtion
 would he uupsgtcn.b.-. After having followed ihe bfsve Juan and his ir!ends
 to inc poiat wh-rr their hopes were rghliZsi gLI their happiness co-ap,e. @.
 Ii would Ue imp.e cowerIice to desert them now ln :heir lass moments. and leave ustcld how bravey they fell when
 tae wilt war who0P of the murl-r0us Apache was the last sound that echoed
 in iheir ears, and tho LiicCusiy painted
 visaGe of Touto WIS the las. object photographed upon their eve balls
 For the Apaches came-it was not m
 tue nature oithings that they should not come. For several years dIsseusi5ns
 among themselves, and trouble vItI neigh hors to the north O, them, had dis
 tracted their attention from the south ern country, but now thay came, and
 iIke great flood they swept across the